Bay explained the Transformers did not blow their disguise by battling in Mission City in the first film. "Everybody has gone ahead. It's realistic. Two weeks after the tsunami nobody talked about it anymore. It's very weird. We decided to do the same with the Transformers. The government talks about a military thing, says all is false, that it's a joke, and people don't know what they really saw."

That's BULLS**T! Tsunamis are a natural normal phenomenon that we are aware about. No one who saw the robots fighting would be like "Oh, it was just a fight between big robots, we'll just move on with our lives" NO! And I don't see buildings being destroyed as a joke. And if the government is trying to persuade the public into thinking it was just a millitary thing, again is stupid. There will be people who insist that the Government is hiding truth from them (then again, even in real life we believe in Aliens hidden by our governmant)

True. I preferred Bob's explanation when TF1 came out on the official forum: many saw UFOs battling over LA and then forgot about it. OK, it's nothing like that but still, the conspiracy storyline was being developed in the first film with the post-credits scene with Ron and Judy Witwicky, not to mention government communications where cut off.

In Doctor Who, a lot of people dismiss the various alien invasions on mass hallucinations and so on.

There will be people who insist that the Government is hiding truth from them (then again, even in real life we believe in Aliens hidden by our governmant)

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And we stigmatize those people and say they're crazy.

If some nutjob rolled off the street, proclaiming that gigantic robots were fighting in Mission City, but there is zero evidence of the attack (government destroys/confiscates all of the evidence) would you believe them? Hell no. You'd think they needed a straightjacket and a lobotomy.

It's not that far fetched. If the government really wanted to cover it up, they could and make all the naysayers look stupid.

In this day and age, it would be a nearly impossible task for the Government to do a full cover up of an event on the scale of the Mission City battle. We're talking tens of thousands of witnesses armed with cell phone cameras, computers and the internet. And once it gets on 4chan, you know it's over.

In this day and age, it would be a nearly impossible task for the Government to do a full cover up of an event on the scale of the Mission City battle. We're talking tens of thousands of witnesses armed with cell phone cameras, computers and the internet. And once it gets on 4chan, you know it's over.

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Not when all communication networks are taken offline by evil giant robots.

This statement from Mr. Bay is much less stupid than some people over here think it is. Why? Because:

1. Global communications was down at this time. Don't ask me why somebody was still able to purchase an Xbox360, but phones and internet and all that was down, so nobody could immediately go home and call somebody there's robots in town.
2. Total panic. Although I bet alot of people will be able to see there's big ass alien robots attacking each other in the city, pretty much most of them will not clearly remember what happened except for something was shooting and exploding, and they were running for their lives. Situations like this give people such adrenaline rushes their memory is partially blocked.
3. Government covering up. So hey, you saw big robots? Possible, they were military prototypes! Yes, really! If you keep telling people something over and over, eventually they will believe you. Because if you keep repeating it and keep to it, that probably means you think it's right..they start to doubt themselves ("maybe I did see something different?"), and they know you are the 'expert'. Also, bring me to the next point:
4.Time messes with your memory Over time you will just forget or ignore stuff you know or have experienced. Sure, there are times when you suddenly recall stuff, but in time, you will just forget or don't remember it quite as clear anymore. I remember one time I had a very weird experience, and afterwards told myself I should never forget it all happened. Now, when I look back upon it, I can't even remember if it was real or if I had dreamed it.
5.Purposely adding false info to debunk the truth. The government could easily hire people who will claim there were alien robots, only to have them come with proof that is clearly photoshopped, false, etc. No matter how real some camera pictures of survivors can be, if there are tons of fake ones nobody will believe the real ones to be real anymore. They will think the person telling the truth is just another lunatic.

In the end, sure there are people that will still know the truth, but few people won't ever get the message across if the mass thinks otherwise. If you still think that's not true, just think about it: has it ever been proven that aliens exist? The answer would be: no. Yet, there's alot of people on this planet, on the internet, on tv, or in real life, claiming that they are real, some backing up their words with 'facts'. In the end, like in point 5, there's also so many crazy people claiming these things that are obviously fake, nobody knows what to believe.